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About a thousand people flocked to the city’s Labor Culture Palace to honor individuals and organizations who made a difference to the LGBT community in Vietnam.

Ted Osius “a known gay politician” has been sworn in to be the next ambassador to Vietnam, replacing David Shear who has held the position since 2011.

The marine admitted to choking the victim after discovering that she was a transgender woman when she undressed. Government prosecutors in the Philippines have formally charged a US Marine with the murder of a Filipino transgender woman in the country.

The ruling has increased vulnerability of gender and sexual minorities to violence, stigma and discrimination.

  The temple in Kyoto is the first Zen Buddhist temple to officiate symbolic ceremonies between same-sex couples in the country.

  Taiga Ishikawa, 40, from the Social Democratic Party is eager to promote the legalization of same-sex marriage if he is successful in his debut at national level politics.

After Mayor's decision not to sign charter that protected rights of LGBTs, activists stage sit-in at Seoul City Hall

The appeal of Boy’s Love comic stories is seen as unlike romance between a boy and girl that comes with pressures such as pregnancy which can negate the purity of romantic desire.

  Activists say the EU’s selection of an anti-gay academic speaker in Singapore is contrary to both the EU and the UN’s stance on LGBT rights.

  The hook-up app is considered as public service in conveying information to the LGBT community about HIV and shows that people in China are beginning to be more tolerant towards gay people.